d4DamageDruidEndgameGuideseason 4

Tornado Druid Endgame Build Guide for Diablo 4 (Season 4)

Become the tempest and storm the field with the Tornado Werewolf druid!

TheSteveAvatar

TheSteve

WRITER


Updated: Posted:

RavensPoison CreeperWolvesPetrifyDebilitating RoarTornado


Build Introduction

Embrace the tempest as the Tornado Werewolf Druid whirls through the battlefield, unleashing a storm of destruction upon the enemies of Sanctuary! Equip your Tempest RoarTempest Roar and send out twisting and twirling TornadoTornado!

Get started on your TornadoTornado adventure with everything you need including Skill Tree points, Paragon, Gearing, and Seasonal updates. The guide will primarily cover Endgame pushing, but will also give alternative options, in-depth gameplay information, and some variant play-style setups.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths
  • Simple Gameplay
  • Easy Resource management
Weaknesses
  • Heavily gear dependant
  • Tornado behavior can be inconsistent

To see how this build compares to the other builds on our site, you can check out our build tier lists.

Build Requirements

The following Unique Items and Legendary Aspects are required for build functionality to get started on the Tornado Druid:

Required Uniques
Required Aspects

Skill Tree Points and Skill Bar

Skill Bar for Tornado Druid
Ravens Ravens Poison Creeper Poison Creeper Wolves Wolves Petrify Petrify Debilitating Roar Debilitating Roar Tornado Tornado

Spirit Boons – The Druid Class Specialization

Druids unlock powerful Spirit Boon passives, giving offerings to the animal spirits to receive their Blessing. Once fully unlocked, activate the final Boon by Spirit Bonding with one of the four animal spirits to take two passives from that row.

Boon NameAnimalEffect
WarinessDeerTake 15% reduced damage from Elites.
Scythe TalonsEagleGain +5% increased Critical Strike Chance.
Avian WrathEagleGain 30%[x] Critical Strike Damage.
BolsterWolfFortify for 15% of your Maximum Life when you use a Defensive Skill.
MasochisticSnakeLucky Hit: Critical Strikes with Shapeshifting Skills have up to a 75% chance to Heal you for 5% Maximum Life.
  • If Spirit Generation while leveling and gearing is not sufficient, replace the Eagle’s Scythe Talons with the Wolf’s Energize.
  • In hard hitting push content, change the Eagle’s Scythe Talons for the Eagle’s Iron Feather.

Paragon

The following are the preferred Glyphs, Boards, and pathing recommended for making the most of the Tornado Druid. All Glyphs are placed as if they are max radius (Level 15+).

While leveling and gearing, prioritize the Spirit Generation Magic and Rare nodes from Ancestral GuidanceAncestral Guidance and the Lust for CarnageLust for Carnage Legendary Node.

Click this link to see the Paragon Board in its entirety! Paragon Board images are courtesy of d4builds.gg.

Starting Board

For the Starting Board, path up, placing the OutmatchOutmatch Glyph into the Glyph Socket.

Ancestral Guidance

For the second board, choose Ancestral Guidance, placed from the Starting Board, rotated once. Take the Legendary Node Ancestral GuidanceAncestral Guidance, and socket the Fang and ClawFang and Claw Glyph.

Thunderstruck

For the third board, choose Thunderstruck, placed against the Ancestral Guidance board’s right side, rotated twice. Socket the TerritorialTerritorial Glyph and take the Legendary Node ThunderstruckThunderstruck.

Inner Beast

For the fourth board, choose Inner Beast, placed against the bottom path of the Thunderstruck board, rotated twice. Socket Earth and SkyEarth and Sky Glyph. The Legendary Node is not taken.

Heightened Malice

For the fifth board, choose Heightened Malice, placed against the right exit of the Inner Beast node. Socket the UndauntedUndaunted Glyph. The Legendary Node is not taken.

Lust for Carnage

For the sixth board, choose Lust for Carnage, placed against the Ancestral Guidance top exit, rotated twice. Socket the WerewolfWerewolf glyph and take the Legendary Node Lust for CarnageLust for Carnage.

Survival Instincts

For the final board, choose Survival Instincts, placed against the Heightened Malice bottom side, rotated once. Take the BulwarkBulwark Rare Node and surrounding Damage Reduction while Fortified Magic Nodes.

For further info on Paragon choices, check the Paragon Information in the Additional Information Section.

Gear, Stats, Gems and Elixirs

Itemization has received significant changes with the Season 4 1.40 patch and will affect the game going forward.

Legendary Aspects

Below are the recommended Legendary Aspects for each gear slot. Gear Slots with multiple options are listed in recommended priority. Any slot with an Optional Unique Item will include a valid alternative legendary power.

SlotGemAspectUnique/Legendary Aspect Power
2 Handed AxeRoyal SapphireRoyal SapphireShepherd's AspectShepherd’s AspectCore and Wrath Skills deal an additional 5-10%[x] damage for each active Companion.
HelmRoyal RubyRoyal Ruby(Required) Tempest RoarTempest RoarLucky Hit: Storm Skills have up to a [15 – 25]% chance to grant 4 Spirit.
Your base Storm Skills are now also Werewolf Skills
ChestRoyal RubyRoyal Ruby(Optional) Mad Wolf's GleeMad Wolf’s Glee OR Juggernaut's AspectJuggernaut’s AspectWerewolf form is now your true form, and you gain +3 Ranks to all Werewolf Skills.
GlovesN/AStormchaser's AspectStormchaser’s AspectTornado will seek up to 1-3 targets.
PantsRoyal RubyRoyal RubyVigorous AspectVigorous AspectGain 10-15% Damage Reduction while Shapeshifted into a Werewolf.
BootsN/A(Optional) Wildheart HungerWildheart Hunger ORAspect of MetamorphosisAspect of MetamorphosisWhen you Shapeshift into a Werewolf or a Werebear, you gain Wildheart for 5 seconds. Wildheart grants you [1.0 – 1.5]%[x] increased damage every 2 seconds, stacking 20 times.
AmuletRoyal DiamondRoyal DiamondAspect of the Changeling's DebtAspect of the Changeling’s DebtYou deal 25-40% increased damage while hitting a Poisoned enemy as a Werebear or a Crowd Controlled enemy as a Werewolf.
Ring 1Royal DiamondRoyal Diamond(recommended) Hunter's ZenithHunter’s Zenith OR
Aspect of RetaliationAspect of Retaliation
Gain a bonus when you kill with a Shapeshifting Skill:
Werewolf: Your next Non-Ultimate Werebear Skill costs no Resource and has no Cooldown.
Werebear: Your next Werewolf Skill will Heal you for [689 – 1,379] when damage is first dealt.
Ring 2Royal DiamondRoyal DiamondAspect of the StampedeAspect of the Stampede OR
Aspect of RetaliationAspect of Retaliation
Gain 1 additional Companion. In addition, your Companion Skills deal 16-26%[x] bonus damage.

Stat Priority and Tempering Affixes

Affixes and Tempers are listed in priority with the desired three Gearing Affixes at the top, but alternatives are also added. Affixes in Bold are the most important to target with the Masterworking quality upgrades. Tempering affixes have their associated Tempering Manuals listed. Unique Items cannot be Tempered, but can be Mastercrafted. Any slot with an Optional Unique Item will include a valid alternative legendary power setup.

SlotGearing AffixesTempering Affixes
Two-Handed AxeResource Cost Reduction
Willpower
Attack Speed
Spirit on Kill
Storm AugmentsStorm Augments – Chance for TornadoTornado projectiles to Cast Twice.
Natural FinesseNatural Finesse – Damage to Close Enemies
Helm – Tempest RoarTempest Roar (Required)Damage While Shapeshifted
Critical Strike Damage
Maximum Spirit
Poison Resistance
Chest – Mad Wolf's GleeMad Wolf’s Glee (Optional)Max Life
Poison Damage
Damage Reduction from Enemies that are Poisoned
Movement Speed
Chest – Legendary AspectWillpower
Max Life
Spirit Per Second
Armor
Worldly EnduranceWorldly Endurance – Total Armor
Worldly FortuneWorldly Fortune – Lucky Hit: Chance to Immobilize for 2 Seconds
GlovesCritical Strike Chance
Ranks to TornadoTornado
Attack Speed
Willpower
Natural FinesseNatural Finesse – Damage to Close Enemies
Worldly FortuneWorldly Fortune – Lucky Hit: Chance to Immobilize for 2 Seconds
PantsArmor
Willpower
Max Life
Dodge Chance
Worldly EnduranceWorldly Endurance – Total Armor%
Worldly FortuneWorldly Fortune – Lucky Hit: Chance to Immobilize for 2 Seconds
Boots – Wildheart HungerWildheart Hunger (optional)Overpower Damage
Damage Reduction
Critical Strike Damage
Movement Speed
Boots – Legendary AspectImplicit: Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown By 1.5 Seconds
Willpower
Movement Speed
Max Life
Spirit Per Second
Natural MotionNatural Motion – Movement Speed
Worldly FortuneWorldly Fortune – Lucky Hit: Chance to Immobilize for 2 Seconds
AmuletRanks to EnvenomEnvenom
Critical Strike Chance

Movement Speed
Resource Cost Reduction
Natural MotionNatural Motion – Movement Speed
Natural FinesseNatural Finesse – Damage to Close Enemies
Ring – Hunter's ZenithHunter’s Zenith(recommended)Damage While Shapeshifted
Critical Strike Chance
Ranks in Heightened SensesHeightened Senses
Ranks in QuickshiftQuickshift
Rings – Legendary AspectCritical Strike Chance
Attack Speed
Maximum Life
Resource Cost Reduction
Natural FinesseNatural Finesse – Damage to Close Enemies
Worldly StabilityWorldly Stability – Resource Generation

For pure functionality, the most important affixes for the Tornado Druid are the following:

  • Resource Cost Reduction on the 2h Weapon.
  • Chance for Double TornadoTornado Projectiles for cast volume total.
  • Critical Strike Chance for Spirit Generation from Lust for CarnageLust for Carnage.

Armor cap is 9230 against any enemies Level 100 and above, for up to 85% Damage Reduction. This is generally reached at 925 Item Power with either one Armor Gear Affix with one Total Armor% Temper, or a maxed Juggernaut's AspectJuggernaut’s Aspect.

Gems

Weapon GemsArmor GemsJewelry Gems
Royal SapphireRoyal Sapphire for Critical Strike DamageRoyal RubyRoyal Ruby For Max Life%Royal DiamondRoyal Diamond for Resistance to All Elements

Elixirs, Incense and Health Potions

The Alchemist offers helpful consumables at the cost of foraged materials found throughout Sanctuary.

  • Craft the highest available Elixir of AdvantageElixir of Advantage for Attack Speed and Lucky Hit bonuses.
  • If mats are available, craft Chorus of WarChorus of War.
  • Remember to upgrade your potion as you level, increasing the instant healing of the potion!

Unique Items

The following Unique Items are required, recommended, or optional for the Tornado Druid.

  • (Required) Tempest RoarTempest Roar is required for the build to be considered functional; making TornadoTornado a Werewolf Skill and providing significant Spirit Generation. This also will enable TornadoTornado to benefit from Shapeshifting passives like EnvenomEnvenom, and synergize with other Uniques Mad Wolf's GleeMad Wolf’s Glee and Wildheart HungerWildheart Hunger.
  • (Recommended) Hunter's ZenithHunter’s Zenith will provide significant cooldown resets on Debilitating RoarDebilitating Roar, allowing the Skill to have strong uptime, as well as help maintain Wildheart HungerWildheart Hunger stacks and trigger shapeshifting bonuses such as QuickshiftQuickshift and Heightened SensesHeightened Senses.
  • (Optional) Mad Wolf's GleeMad Wolf’s Glee is an excellent offensive Unique Item, giving movement speed, Damage Reduction and and Skill Ranks to Werewolf Skills.
  • (New, Optional) – Wildheart HungerWildheart Hunger gives a stacking damage multiplier to Shapeshifting Skills. The 5 seconds buff will add a stack every two seconds. This will mean using Debilitating RoarDebilitating Roar or other Shapeshifting Skills at least every 5 seconds to maintain the multiplier. This can be somewhat disruptive to gameplay, or fall off between packs when Debilitating RoarDebilitating Roar is not being reset from skills with Hunter's ZenithHunter’s Zenith.

Tempest RoarTempest Roar can be target-farmed from Duriel.

Uber Unique Items

No Uber Unique Items are recommended for this build.

Rotation

  1. Pre-place RavensRavens on Elites and Bosses for extra Critical Strike Chance.
  2. Maintain Shapeshifting buffs like Heightened SensesHeightened Senses and Unique Item Wildheart HungerWildheart Hunger.
  3. Apply Debilitating RoarDebilitating Roar for survivability and Shapeshifting buff maintenance.
  4. Poison CreeperPoison Creeper to Immobilize enemies and apply Poison Status.
  5. Send out a storm of TornadoTornado!
  6. Reapply Debilitating RoarDebilitating Roar on Hunter's ZenithHunter’s Zenith resets.
  7. Speed to the next enemies once enough TornadoTornado are out to kill the current packs.

Check out the advanced Mechanics and Playstyle section for a more in-depth description on how the build works, what synergies exist, and what to look out for.

Season 4: Loot Reborn

Patch 1.4.0 and Season 4 bring significant changes. The following list details the important changes in the Season 4 Patch Updates that are specific to the Tornado Druid. For general Season 4 information, check out our Season 4 Hub.

Itemization:

  • New Item – Wildheart HungerWildheart Hunger – When you Shapeshift into a Werewolf or a Werebear, you gain Wildheart for 5 seconds. Wildheart grants you 1%-1.5% increased damage with Shapeshifting Skills every 2 seconds, stacking 20 times.
  • Tibault's WillTibault’s Will damage reduced from 20-40% to 10-20%.
  • The Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown affix has been increased from .8 to 1.5 seconds.
  • Physical Damage against Damage Reduction now caps at Level 100. Note: this means Armor only needs to be 9230 to cap Armor against enemies Level 100 and above.
  • Aspect of the Changeling's DebtAspect of the Changeling’s Debt redesigned – You deal 25-40% increased damage while hitting a Poisoned enemy as a Werebear or a Crowd Controlled enemy as a Werewolf.
  • Shepherd's AspectShepherd’s Aspect now includes Wrath Skills.

Skills and Stats:

  • Druid Companions now receive 100% of Player Attributes.
  • Damage Reduction from Fortify is now 15%, from 10%.
  • Energize Spirit Boon Spirit Restoration increased from 10 to 20.
  • Wariness Spirit Boon damage reduction from Elites increased to 15%.
  • Masochistic Critical Strike Healing increased from 3% to 5%.
  • Debilitating RoarDebilitating Roar is now a Shout skill.
  • WolvesWolves
    • Wolves now gain Unstoppable when the Skill is cast.
    • Health increased by 200%.
    • Respawn reduced from 10 seconds to 5 seconds.
  • PetrifyPetrify
    • Prime PetrifyPrime Petrify now grants 50 Spirit when cast and its effect durations are increased by 1s.
    • Supreme PetrifySupreme Petrify – Killing an enemy affected by Petrify reduces its Cooldown by 1 second. Hitting a Boss with Petrify reduces its Cooldown by 10 seconds.
  • QuickshiftQuickshift redesigned. When Shapeshifting into a new animal form, you deal 1% increased damage for 3 seconds, up to 6%.
  • Heightened SensesHeightened Senses redesigned – When Shapeshifting into an animal form, Werebear grants 2% Damage Reduction and Werewolf grants 2% Movement Speed, each for 6 seconds. Bonuses are doubled while both are active.
  • Digitigrade GaitDigitigrade Gait Movement Speed increased from 3% to 4%.

Bug Fixes:

  • Wild ImpulsesWild Impulses bonus damage is now correctly Multiplicative instead of Additive.

Advanced Information

It is time to get started on your Tornado journey!

Or see below for further information on how the build works, as well as further explanations for Paragon, Gearing, and Gameplay, and available playstyle options.

Mechanics and Playstyle

The Tornado Druid is a simple to play and effective build with high damage that speeds through content. Our primary Skill is TornadoTornado, which benefits from several interactions from Skill Passives, Legendary Powers, Gearing, and supporting Skills.

Tempest RoarTempest Roar makes all Storm Skills into Werewolf Skills, which allows TornadoTornado to benefit from Shapeshifting Passives like QuickshiftQuickshift and EnvenomEnvenom.

Stormchaser's AspectStormchaser’s Aspect allows cast tornadoes to seek out enemies.

Both the Initial Tornado and the extra Tornado from Enhanced TornadoEnhanced Tornado can trigger the Weapon Temper for Chance for Tornado Projectiles to Cast twice. That’s right, there’s a chance for up to 4 Tornadoes per cast!

Debilitating RoarDebilitating Roar is our major Defensive Skill, and constantly reset by TornadoTornado kills triggering Hunter's ZenithHunter’s Zenith. As a Werebear skill, it will also help maintain Shapeshifting skills like QuickshiftQuickshift, Heightened SensesHeightened Senses, and Unique Item Wildheart HungerWildheart Hunger. There may be some downtime when fighting bosses that do not summon adds.

Companion wolves, ravens, and creepers give a significant multiplier to TornadoTornado with Shepherd's AspectShepherd’s Aspect and Aspect of the StampedeAspect of the Stampede. RavensRavens can be used against Elites and Bosses to increase Critical Strike Chance against them, and Poison CreeperPoison Creeper can be used as a tool to Immobilize enemies and apply Poison status to them.

Storm skills, including TornadoTornado, will benefit heavily from multipliers like ThunderstruckThunderstruck. This is why Damage to Close is tempered onto gear.

Ursine StrengthUrsine Strength is a steady damage multiplier that benefits from the damage increase in any Form, so long as you are Healthy. Healthy means to be above 80% Life.

Paragon Information

The Paragon Board is a progression system unlocked at Level 50, giving player power through Common stat Nodes, Magic affix Nodes, Rare leveled Glyphs, and Legendary board-exclusive Nodes. For general paragon board information, check the guide here.

The recommended Paragon boards with images for the Tornado Druid are listed above. The following section goes over some explanations and descriptions for the pathing process for the Tornado Druid.

Broadly speaking, decisions for pathing through the Druid paragon board are divided into three categories:

  • Damage – The paragon boards provide a significant amount of Damage Multipliers and Additives. This includes:
  • Defense – The paragon boards help reach goals on Damage Reduction, Armor, and Resistances. This includes:
    • Damage Reduction is improved from WerewolfWerewolf, UndauntedUndaunted, and TerritorialTerritorial secondary effects, as well as individual nodes providing bonuses like Damage Reduction against Vulnerable enemies.
    • Resistances are improved from Magic and Rare Resistance nodes, with Earth and SkyEarth and Sky, and OutmatchOutmatch bonuses improving their nearby Resistance nodes.
    • Armor goals are reached with the help of Armor nodes in Inner BeastInner Beast.
  • Build Functionality – The paragon boards improve Spirit Generation for the build from a few sources, including:
NameEffect
OutmatchOutmatchGrants +25.0% bonus to all Rare nodes within range.
Bonus (25 Dexterity): You deal 16%[x] increased Physical damage to Non-Elites and Bosses.
Ancestral GuidanceAncestral GuidanceAfter spending 75 Spirit, you deal 30%[x] increased damage for 5 seconds.
Fang and ClawFang and ClawGrants +30.0% bonus to all Magic nodes within range.
Bonus (40 Willpower): While in Werewolf or Werebear form, Close enemies take 12%[x] increased damage from you.
ThunderstruckThunderstruckStorm Skills deal increased damage equal to 20%[x] of your Damage vs Close and Damage vs Distant bonuses.
UndauntedUndauntedFor every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal + [9.6%] increased damage to Close targets.
Bonus (25 Dexterity): You gain 15% Damage Reduction against Close Enemies.
Earth and SkyEarth and SkyGrants +30.0% bonus to all Magic nodes within range.
Bonus (40 Willpower): Nature Magic Skills deal x10% increased damage to Crowd Controlled or Vulnerable enemies.
TerritorialTerritorialFor every 5 Intelligence purchased within range, you deal + [7.7%] increased damage while Fortified.
Bonus (25 Intelligence): You gain up to 10% Damage Reduction the more Fortify you have.
Lust for CarnageLust for CarnageCritical Strikes with Werewolf Skills restore 2 Spirit.
WerewolfWerewolfFor every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal +1.32% increased damage while in Werewolf form.
Bonus (40 Willpower): You gain 10% Damage Reduction while in Werewolf form.

Spirit Generation

The Tornado Druid does not use a Basic Attack Spirit generator; instead, it relies on several alternative sources for Spirit Generation and Spirit Cost Reduction:

  • Tempest RoarTempest Roar gives a Lucky Hit chance to Storm Skills like TornadoTornado to grant Spirit.
  • The 2h Weapon Gearing Affix provides significant Spirit Cost Reduction
  • The Ring’s Worldly Stability Tempering Manual provides either generation or cost reduction.
  • Lust for CarnageLust for Carnage legendary Node grants Spirit on Critical Strikes with Werewolf abilities, including TornadoTornado.
  • Paragon nodes for Spirit on Kill in the Ancestral GuidanceAncestral Guidance board.

In the Endgame, these are sufficient sources for Spirit Cost needs. However, if the above are insufficient sources while leveling and gearing, consider using one or more of the following supplementary options:

Codex of Power and Gearing Affixes

With the release of Season 4 and Patch 1.4.0, Gearing has changed significantly. For the dedicated page, see the updated Gear Systems and Itemization Overview guide here.

The Codex of Power has changed. Extracting any aspect now upgrades it in the Codex of Power. All Aspects now exist in the Codex of Power. For example, extracting a Aspect of the Changeling's DebtAspect of the Changeling’s Debt of a higher rank than you currently have in your codex improves the Codex. All future applications of Aspect of the Changeling's DebtAspect of the Changeling’s Debt will have that higher value. This also means Gambling Obols can be a significant method of improving your Codex of power. Aspects in the Codex can be favorited.

Check our Legendary Aspect and Codex of Power Guide to see which slots can have which legendary powers. For example, Rings can have either Offensive or Resource powers. This means Stormchaser's AspectStormchaser’s Aspect could be on Gloves or Ring, and there is still room for all the rest of the Legendary Aspects that complete the build.

For Gearing Affixes, Normal Items have no affixes, Magic Items have 1 affix, Rare Items have 2 affixes, Legendary Items have 3 affixes, and Unique Items keep their 4 affixes. Applying Legendary Aspects from your Codex will not improve the amount of Affixes on items. In the Endgame, this means Legendary Items are desirable and the rest are largely going to be just salvaged without much inspection. Many available affixes and their ranges have been changed. This is beneficial for this build on some Slots such as 2 handed weapon, with large Spirit Cost Reduction and Attack Speed, but will be worse on other slots, For example, every single resistance is an option on armor slots so rerolling at the Enchantress for the ideal affix can take many more rolls.

Ancestral Legendary items can drop with Greater Affix, indicated with a special icon * both in Inventory and on the ground. Items can have multiple Greater Affixes. Greater Affixes have a 1.5 multiplier to the base Affix.

Tempering and Masterworking

Tempering manuals are found across Sanctuary. The Blacksmith is able to apply extra affixes on items, up to two on Ancestral quality items. This would bring an Ancestral Legendary item up to a total of 5 affixes. When tempering at the Blacksmith, an item will randomly select one of the listed affixes from the chosen Tempering Manual. For example, the Weapon manual Storm AugmentsStorm Augments can give the desired extra projectiles to TornadoTornado, or give something utterly useless to the build. There is a limit to the number of times a temper can be rerolled to try to get the desired affix. This means the item can get ruined for the build, and you must try again with a new item. Unique Items cannot be Tempered.

Legendary Ancestral Items and Ancestral Unique Items can then be upgraded in quality via Mastercrafting using materials from The Pit of Artificers. This increases affix, with special increases at levels 4, 8, and 12 that upgrade the Quality of a randomly chosen affix or temper by 25%. The same affix or temper can be chosen multiple times, further increasing the quality from Magic, to Rare, and finally to Legendary.

Variant Playstyles and Options

Druids generally have options available to flex between depending on game stage, gearing process, playstyle tempo, or accessibility.

Alternative Skills

PetrifyPetrify is used as a significant burst Critical Strike Damage multiplier, great against Elites and Bosses. This can be a flex skill. Other skills can be used instead depending on playstyle desires, including:

Debilitating RoarDebilitating Roar is a large Damage Reduction that also helps maintain several Shapeshifting Buffs for higher damage. However, in farm or trivial content where you are already overkilling enemies or incoming damage is low, feel free to swap for other options such as TrampleTrample.

For some more defensive options, swap out Nature's ReachNature’s Reach or ResonanceResonance for Iron FurIron Fur for Damage Reduction, or Natural FortitudeNatural Fortitude for more Fortify Generation.

Key Passives – While Ursine StrengthUrsine Strength is chosen for the Max Health and consistent damage multiplier, others can be used.

  • Perfect StormPerfect Storm can be used for the extra Spirit Generation at a lower damage multiplier.
  • Bestial RampageBestial Rampage can be higher total damage but maintaining the Werebear buff for that damage means staying in Werebear form after Debilitating RoarDebilitating Roar or TrampleTrample casts, which can be disruptive.
  • Lupine FerocityLupine Ferocity can be less total damage but guarantees Critical Strikes which can be beneficial for interactions like Lust for CarnageLust for Carnage.

Playstyle Variant – Direwolf Tornado

Grizzly RageGrizzly Rage with Dire Wolf's AspectDire Wolf’s Aspect is no longer recommended as the default playstyle after the 1.4.0 gearing change. This is because:

However, this style can still be played as a comfort pick if desired. To play this style:

Changelog

  • 3 May 2024: Guide reworked for the significant 1.4.0 changes to gearing and for season 4 speculative changes. Format changed to frontload basic build information and offer extra information and options afterwards.
  • 11 March 2024: Guide created, fully replacing the previous guide.
  • Ownership transferred.
  • Adjusted Gear, Skills, and Paragon sections to hit defensive stats targets and improve overall damage output.
  • Improved readability, explanations, and options.
ARPG Vault Logo

Have feedback or questions about our guides? Join our ARPG Discord community and let us know!